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Basketball photos: Oak Ridge beats Science Hill 64-56

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Oak Ridge senior Tyshawn Young (4) led the Wildcats with a game-high 29 points during a 64-56 win over Science Hill in the first round of the Arby’s Classic in Bristol on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. (Photo by Allen Greene/TriCitiesSports.com)

 

BRISTOL—Oak Ridge senior Tyshawn Young scored a game-high 29 points and senior Anthony Gibson added 17 as the Wildcats beat Science Hill in the first round of the Arby’s Classic in Bristol on Tuesday. Here are pictures from the game by Allen Greene of TriCitiesSports.com.

It was the second time Oak Ridge defeated the Hilltoppers this month. They also won 82-72 in the Champion Chevrolet Shootout at Science Hill in Johnson City on December 17.

The Wildcats will play again in the Arby’s Classic at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, when they take on Trinity of Louisville, Kentucky, in a winners bracket game in the basketball tournament. [Read more…]

Oak Ridge soccer season again ends in Tri-Cities, this time at Dobyns-Bennett

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Oak Ridge junior midfielder Brent Robinson (6) heads the soccer ball during a 3-1 loss to Dobyns-Bennett in a Class AAA sectional in Kingsport on Saturday, May 21, 2016. (Photo credit: Allen Greene/TriCitiesSports.com)

 

KINGSPORT, Tenn.—Oak Ridge saw its season end for the second straight year in the Tri-Cities, this time on the pitch at Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett’s Indian Highland Park.

Last year, the Wildcats (14-9) fell 3-1 at Johnson City Science Hill, and they fell Saturday by the same result to the Indians (20-1-1), who advance for the first time in a quarter century to the TSSAA state tournament. Oak Ridge last made it to the state tournament in 2008.

“The match was not a piece of art at all,” Oak Ridge Coach Jeff Trombly said. “It was a pretty scrappy affair.”

Dobyns-Bennett was keen on possessing the ball and hoping for a defensive breakdown in its game plan. [Read more…]

Photos by Greene: Oak Ridge at Section I track, field championship

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Oak Ridge senior Jordan Hardy qualified for state by finishing third in the boys long jump in a Section I meet at Science Hill on Saturday, May 14, 2016. (Photo by Allen Greene Photography)

 

Eleven Oak Ridge athletes qualified for this month’s state tournament in seven track and field events at the Section I Championship at Science Hill in Johnson City on Saturday. Here are pictures by Allen Greene Photography.

See the story on the championship meet and the results here.

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Oak Ridge senior Caelyn Thompson is pictured above in the girls high jump at the Section I track and field championship at Science Hill High School in Johnson City on Saturday, May 14, 2016. (Photo by Allen Greene Photography)

 

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Oak Ridge freshman Jada Guinn finished fifth in the girls high jump and just missed qualifying for state during the Section I track and field championship at Science Hill High School in Johnson City on Saturday, May 14, 2016. (Photo by Allen Greene Photography)

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